You must mean superheroes! said I.
Yes. Capes, tights, wearing your underwear on the outside. Tortured pasts, emotional baggage, the backstory from hell. Saving the girl (or guy!) and defeating the villain, all while looking really, really cool.
Kind of like a romance novel, really. Well, except for the underwear-on-the-outside part. Then again, some of those crazy costumes can be hot. And superheroes do have a lot in common with romance heroes. For instance, consider these guys:
They look very cool. And what romance reader wouldn't want to be swept off her feet by handsome, ditzy Thor, or genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist Iron Man? Even The Hulk has his own geeky charm.
Still, the Avengers do have their own species of grunge. They're ambivalent heroes. If you prefer the chiseled, ultra-handsome, good-guy type, there's always this dude:
Superman is a white-knight hero. He's never really troubled by darkness. He always knows what's right. And these days he's even got the underwear-on-the-outside thing sorted.
If you prefer your romance heroes dark and disturbed, then you can't go past this fellow:
Black rubber. Deep growly voice. Obsession with creepy small animal. This dude is seriously troubled - and what heroine wouldn't want to be the woman who saves him from himself?
Yeah, I confess I'm a Batman kind of girl. And many of the romance books I enjoy feature the same kind of dark, disturbed hero. Which just goes to show that it doesn't matter where you get your stories, right? Graphic novel, action movie, romance book - it's all the same.
So who's your favourite superhero or superheroine?
6 comments:
Oh my, Erica! Waving hand in front of face to cool off from all the Hot Superheroes you've shown. I'm probably somewhere in the middle - I like my heroes to see the light/right but don't mind if they struggle for a bit figuring it out. Can't name anyone because I've not seen any of the movies and haven't read a comic book for many decades. ... But, again, I do like looking at the pictures you included! lol
My favorite was always Daredevil, Erica. He is an underdog who triumphs, a blind superhero.
Thor and Ironman are the runner-ups. I think it was Ironman's wisecracks that got me. Not sure why Thor.
Fun post!
Oh, I could have gone on all day with the pics. There's just something cool about dudes in superhero costumes :)
Right now my favorite is Arrow. Love the hunk on the T.v. show!!
I have a soft spot for Catwoman but not those of the latest movies but the Tim Burton one! Does Xena qualify? :-)
Hi Erica,
I am in to super heroes too. Superman was my favourite, followed by Batman.
Cheers
Margaret
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